The Drydock - Episode 249 (Part 2)
Added 2023-05-27 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
Comments
Drachinfel. Thank you for answering my side wake question. Feel a little chuffed it was on the channel. The second part is do smaller boats travel faster or more efficient behind the wake of another vessel.
Luke Atwell
2023-07-06 07:33:34 +0000 UTCSpeaking of larger guns vs longer guns, I'm still curious about the planned retirement schedule for the USN Standards. But what I'm thinking about NOW is, what a wonderful accident that the USN ended up with 9* 16" and then 50 caliber 16" guns on its Fast battleships that mostly protected the carriers, while the Standards -- most with 12* 14" -- were relegated to shore bombardment at which they excelled. If the war hadn't started until 1946 I imagine the USN would not have been as well positioned for shore bombardment. Arkansas, New York, Texas, and Nevada were perfect assets for shore bombardment that probably would not have existed in 1946 if not for the war.
Ted Jones
2023-05-30 04:48:53 +0000 UTCI feel like a modern reproduction of Titanic would still have to have some relatively modern merchant ship internals - they aren't going to hire an army of folks to shovel coal into boilers, running afoul of god-knows-how-many local environmental rules, when they can buy an off-the-shelf propulsion system that costs half the money to keep running with a tenth the crew.
David Pierce
2023-05-28 03:43:24 +0000 UTCOne always has to take The Muppets seriously - especially Miss Piggy....
Rob Smith
2023-05-27 14:47:34 +0000 UTCCan we appreciate that Drach treats a question about Muppets Treasure Island as seriously as a question on a WW2 convoy raider?
Yokosuka Girls Marine High School Training Vessel Harekaze
2023-05-27 11:20:24 +0000 UTC"now there are two of them, this is getting out of hand." Drach is spoiling us. lol.
ZarconDeeGrissom
2023-05-27 10:05:55 +0000 UTC
